B#1 Amer. Rev.

Benchmark 1-B United States:

Analyze and interpret major eras, events, and individuals from the periods of exploration and colonization through the Civil War and Reconstruction in United States history.

#1 Standard with Test Specifications:

Describe, evaluate, and interpret the economic and political reasons for the American Revolution, to include:

a. attempts to regulate colonial trade through passage of the Tea Act, Stamp Act, and Intolerable Acts; colonists’ reaction to British policy (e.g., boycotts, the Sons of Liberty, petitions, appeals to parliament);

b. the ideas expressed in the Declaration of Independence, including the preamble.

Specifications:

● Political reasons can include Boston Massacre

● Understand the use of propaganda

● Political cartoons may be used as stimulus

Sample Question: H8.1-B.1b

Read the passage and then answer the question below

Which part of this passage represents the idea that government gets its power from the permission of its citizens?

A. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”

B. “Deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” *

C. “That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.”

D. “That among these are, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.”